My go to dim sum place.. :) love it! Its very active on Sundays so if your heading with the family, drop them off at the door and then park the car, by the time you get upstairs to your family you will be seated. Family business.
Best place in chinatown clean place and good food
Great food. Went for dim sum. Always make this a stop when in Ottawa
Delicious food, awesome service, very friendly staff.
Took some friends and we had a great time. And the food is just perfect
Awesome food! Went there for a late dinner with a friend, first time trying it...awesome! He goes there regularly... Very happy :)
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I work as a Skip The Dishes driver and I often visited Oriental Chu Shing to pick up orders. When my friend Lyndsay Ana came to visit from Kelowna I asked her if she wanted Chinese and she readily agreed to go as she loves that cuisine. We walked to Chinatown to eat at OCS.
OCS is real Chinese food and far from the stuff you'll find at Mandarin. We had some Dim Sum consisting of Shrimp Dumplings, the eggplant and something else. I thought the Dim Sum was great and I wish I had tried this years ago. The Vegetable Spring Rolls were disappointing. They tasted like something out of a box. The Chicken and Mixed Vegetable Fried Noodles were very good. Huge portion. L.A. had the Diced Chicken with the Cashews and Vegetables and they were very good as well. Nicely spiced. I didn't like the chopsticks, though. I found them difficult to use compared to the wooden ones they give you at The Japanese Village. The porcelain touch doesn't make it easy to grab the food.
The restaurant is spacious and very clean and you can use the elevator to reach it if you don't want to use the stairs. Service is excellent, as well. I doubt this is the best authentic Chinese restaurant in the city but it's still quite good. However, it opened my eyes that I haven't eaten real Chinese in my entire life and I'm definitely going to try the other restaurants on Somerset in the coming months.
We ordered an assortment of class dim sum dishes like preserved thousand year old egg congee, beef rice noodles (cheung fun), siu mai (pork dumplings), ha gow (shrimp dumplings), chicken feet, black bean spare ribs, spring rolls, jin diu, and also a platter of BBQ pork, and tofu flower at the end. I loved all of the dim sum!! It was so classic in taste and portion. It was definitely comfort food in the best way seeing as the dim sum was served in trolleys too.
Excellent for dim sum. Always busy but sufficient staff to ensure you don't wait long for plates to come around.
Food is fresh, with more to order from the back if you know what you are looking for.
Worth the visit to Chinatown.
My friend and I discovered Oriental Chu Shing while at a conference. Yes, it took a while to get our food, but it was worth it. The spicy cabbage dish on the Shanghai menu is amazing -- hot, crunchy, and salty. The vegetable fried noodles were a terrific accompaniment.
Will definitely head back when I am in Ottawa again.
My husband and I have been living in Centretown for over a year and still did not have a go-to Chinese take-out place, much to my chagrin. We had a hankering for Chinese a few weeks back and, after careful reviewing reading, selected Oriental Chu Shing to try.
On this particular night, we were feeling more Chinese-Canadian picks - Spring Rolls, General Tao's Chicken, Soy Sauce & Bean Sprout Fried Noodles, and Chicken Fried Rice. Each dish was far beyond satisfactory - full of flavor, and the portions were HUGE! This was one of my favorite aspects of our experience at OCS - we really felt that we were getting our money's worth, which can't be said for every Asian joint in the city.
I'm looking forward to finding out how they fare on more traditionally Chinese recipes - there's a Yu Shang Shredded Chicken in Spicy Sauce with my name on it!
Ordered food here for a late tonight dinner (take out). Service was quick and friendly, only took about 10min for 2 orders. Beef with lily flowers and ear mushrooms are to die for. Very tender and cooked perfectly. Great dinner if you're lazy to eat.
Decent dim sum selection, and push cart experience. Prices are fair. It reminds me of the dim sum back home.
Favourites were beef tendon, shrimp dumplings, and beef balls. All positively yummy.
Went there for Dimsum with a large group of people about 2 years ago, after it had been recommended to me by multiple people. I was impressed with the selection and frequency of food rotating compared to other dimsum places I had been to in the past. Everything I tried was pretty tasty though. I would definitely head back here again.
Came here for Father's Day dim sum with the family and we were decently surprised by the quality of dum sum. It was a busy day so selection of food was great and we were seated right next to the kitchen so we had hit food every time. Overall was a pleasant dining experience. Favourite dishes include, shrimp rolls, shrimp had Gow, beef ribs, calamari, and the egg tarts were delish! For a table of 7, bill came to $140 before tip- not bad...
A variety of interesting dishes. Chu Shing is a scaled down version of its neighbour Yangtze across the street. Although the decor and table set up is similar, it doesn't have as much of a classy vibe. However, regarding just the food - it's delicious. For the regular dinner menu (haven't tried Dim Sum though) - it's a pretty good selection of interesting dishes (sweet tofu dessert, fried rice w/ tomato and cream sauce, wrap with duck skin... etc) that I haven't really seen at other places. The staff were friendly on my last visit and the food comes quickly. My only complaint is that the menu itself smells like old paper and I noticed some of the dishes weren't properly cleaned. But as I said, food is delicious.
A very good restaurant. Food is awesome, especially the sweet Tofu desert and the deep fried shrimp ball, the best in town.
All the waiters and waitresses are friendly. The manager behind the counter is efficient and courteous.
I like the spaciousness and the cleanliness of the restaurant, it is comparable to similar large Chinese restaurant in Montreal.
When you sit at a table, you are never ignored. The food carts will come so often that you have no choice but end up with a lot of good food on your table.
I definitely recommend this restaurant to my family and friends.
Alright. Really like the Peking duck. Other dishes were average. Small dim sum selection, but the congee was well-made. Big portions (for normal dishes). Restaurant itself looks okay. Prices very reasonable.
I've been here several times and never been disappointed by the food. Particularly tasty dishes I've enjoyed here include the basil beef rolls (I'm pretty sure these are actually Vietnamese but I won't complain), the steamed whole fish, the casserole with dried lily and black fungus (which I had with chicken; it's also available with beef) and the fried thin vermicelli with beef, which in addition to beef and rice noodles contains generous amounts of the Chinese equivalent of sauerkraut.
Excellent!. Took an out of town guest to dinner on a Tues night. Greeted by friendly staff and got seated right away. Ordered our dishes and food arrived quickly and tasted excellent. Everything was very fresh. Highly recommend. Prices were very reasonable.
We had the Shrimp Shau Mai; Sizzling Plate of Chicken w/ Veggies; and Tender Beef w/ Mixed Veggies.
AWESOME. Fast delivery and friendly staff when I called to place the order. Very good portion size and delicious (general tao, ginger and eggwhite fried rice, shrimp shumai). Will definitely be ordering from OCSR again and again!
Best Dim Sum highly recommend the ginger squid, eggplant, and sesame ball.
Not bad - nice place to eat together.. Even though I've only been here before ownership changed, I think their dim sum is not bad. The food may not be the best, but it was all right for a dim sum restaurant in Ottawa. The food was decent and they have quite a bit of selection of dishes to choose from. I won't comment on the service, since it was hard to say, but it was acceptable to me.
Not really English-friendly, but overall it was a pretty good experience for me. Just remember to bring someone who knows how to speak Chinese and things will be easier for you.
Love the food and service. Since the restaurant changed ownership in July 2012.. The food is better quality witih more portion, price is reasonable and the service is good.
I would recommend anyone to try it
The table is covered in white garbage bags. The decorations are wintertime, very shiny and dollerama. The servers are attentive and available. The food comes quickly. The food is tasty. It is not my type of restaurant, if you like Chinese food it seems to be a good one, typical Chinese food, from my perspective.
Best dim sum in Ottawa. I like the variety of dim sum in the weekend morning. It is hard to try everything on the carts they push around. My family and I always enjoy the Chinese dim sum brunch as well as dinner there. I am sorry to hear some negative comment on this one. Maybe they don't like Chinese food much.
The shrimp balls were bouncy and juicy. I really like how Chu Shing mixes in green onions. The beef tendon was very tender and full of flavour.
Delicious. Ordered take out and everything was tasty, hot and great. No complaints. The photos don't do it justice. Can't wait to order again.
Food Servings are great for large groups. We tried the fish soup with foam( taste like pork rind in a soup). Don’t get me wrong, it was good! Feeling nostalgic with the siomai dipped in soy sauce and the roasted pork belly,.the beef broccoli was tender and not too salty, the pork was tangy with the right amount of Sugar and acid.
Chu Shing is a decent stop for dim sum. Across the street from Yangtze Restaurant, it offers a wide selection of small dim sum dishes, both on roll-by carts and the menu if you don't see something you like. Service can be mixed, so don't hesitate to flag down servers. Mango pudding is a favourite, but go for the tripe if you are feeling adventurous!
One of the oldest establishment in Ottawa Chinatown. Prices were reasonable and affordable. No reservations required. The food and portions were good and tasty. The entire restaurant is a bit worn. It has seen its better days of its glory. It needs some TLC to bring her back to its glorious days. Especially the competitions were only at the doorstep. No build in parking structure. Parking on city street or nearby paid parking lot adjacent to the restaurant. There's ample handicap paid parking spaces for clients available. Located in the front entrance of Ottawa Chinatown. Despite all, this place is still a must go for serious Dim Sum & tea in Ottawa. Supper meals were good and reasonably priced too.
Absolute amazing experience. I've been going there for years and the manager and servers are all so friendly. Food is great and the prices are better than any other dim sum I've been to in Ottawa. Great service and the best tasting dim sum in Ottawa!
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